Walking training apparatus and walking training assistance device

Abstract

A walking training apparatus including a treadmill having an infinite orbital rotation type walking surface, the walking training apparatus including: a holding part that a walking trainee holds, in which the holding part is capable of supporting a load applied to the walking surface by the walking trainee and is movable in a direction including a component parallel to the walking surface, is provided. By providing a pseudo stick with the aforementioned structure, the trainee is able to perform training of the upper part of the body that uses the stick in parallel to training of the leg part that uses the treadmill.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A walking training apparatus comprising:
 a treadmill having an infinite orbital rotation type walking surface; 
 a holding part that a walking trainee holds, 
 wherein the holding part is capable of supporting a load applied to the walking surface by the walking trainee and is movable in a direction including a component parallel to the walking surface, and 
 the walking training apparatus further comprising an elastic member that pulls the holding part back to a reference position of the movement of the holding part. 
 
     
     
       2. A walking training apparatus comprising:
 a treadmill having an infinite orbital rotation type walking surface; 
 a holding part that a walking trainee holds; 
 a spherical slider connected to the holding part, the spherical slider having a spherical surface having an upwardly convex shape; and 
 a fixing part fixed to a frame of the walking training apparatus, an upper surface of the fixing part including a slide receiving surface having a spherical shape, the spherical shape being centered about an imaginary center point that is closer to the walking surface than the holding part, 
 wherein the holding part is capable of supporting a load applied to the walking surface by the walking trainee and is movable in a direction including a component parallel to the walking surface, and 
 wherein the holding part is movable along a surface of the spherical shape as the spherical slider slides on the slide receiving surface. 
 
     
     
       3. The walking training apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the position of the holding part can be adjusted in such a way that the imaginary center point is positioned on the walking surface. 
     
     
       4. The walking training apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the holding part can be moved also in a direction perpendicular to a direction including a component parallel to the walking surface. 
     
     
       5. The walking training apparatus according to  claim 2 , comprising a regulating member configured to regulate a movable range of the holding part in such a way as to be able to support the load that the walking trainee applies to the moving direction of the holding part. 
     
     
       6. The walking training apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the holding part is movable in a three dimensions along the surface of the spherical shape. 
     
     
       7. A walking training assistance device mounted on a walking training apparatus that includes a treadmill having an infinite orbital rotation type walking surface, the walking training assistance device comprising:
 a holding part that a walking trainee holds; 
 a spherical slider connected to the holding part, the spherical slider having a spherical surface having an upwardly convex shape; and 
 a fixing part fixed to the walking training apparatus, an upper surface of the fixing part including a slide receiving surface having a spherical shape, the spherical shape being centered about an imaginary center point that is closer to the walking surface than the holding part, 
 wherein the holding part is capable of supporting a load applied to the walking surface by the walking trainee and is movable in a direction including a component parallel to the walking surface when the fixing part is fixed to the walking training apparatus, and 
 wherein the holding part is movable along a surface of the spherical shape as the spherical slider slides on the slide receiving surface.